Improvement in churns



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

JOSIAH A. TICE, OF WINDSOR, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS O. SOUTH, OF MATTOON,ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHURNS.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 88,529. dated March 30,1869.

.To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JosrAH A. TICE, of Windsor, in the county of Shelbyand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement onOhurning-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference heilig had to the annexed drawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view. Fig. 2is asectional View of the jointed journal-box.

I construct an upright frame, as shown by Fig. l, within whichI placeachurn ot' the usual form, with cover and flasher, such as are generallyused, as shown by a b in the accompanying drawings. At the top oftheframe, I aix a jointed journal-box, secured to the frame, the outerend by screws, and the inner end by means of' a pin of wood or metal, asis shown at c in the accompanying drawings. Through this journal-box thedasher plays up and down.

To the dasher is afxed, by a movable clasp, secured to the same at anypoint desired by a thumb-screw, a piston-rod, as shown at d in theaccompanying drawings.

By means of the cog-wheels, arranged as shown at e, constructed of anydesirable size, and attached to the piston-rod by a cam, as shown at fin the accompanying drawings, the machine is worked.

By means of the clasp at the lower end of the piston-rod cl the strokeof the dasher can be len gthened or shortened, as may be desirable.

By removing the pin holding the inner end of the jointed journal-box cand the thumbscrew from the clasp d the churn can be readily removedfrom the frame for filling, emptying, cleansing, or any other purpose. N

The ease with which the churn can be removed from the frame and the modeof regulating the stroke of the dasher are believed to be superior tothat of any other device.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement and combination of the jointed journal-box o, thepiston-rod and clasp d, with the cani and cog-wheels e, and churn anddasher c b, for the purpose and in the manner above set forth.

JOSIAH A. TICE.

Witnesses J As. PARKs, M. OsBoRN.

